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It really isn't though. Any native English speaker is going to see Hunt Lie.

Confirmed. I immediately read “hunt lie.”

In the context of discovering brand-new companies, it does come across as somewhat ironic.

Maybe consider the "Kodak recipe" for an alternative? [1]: "Keep it short, easy to pronounce, and avoid similarities to existing names or associations." (short is harder in 2024 though!)

I'm on the fence on whether the name should have meaning. There are plenty of successful companies on either side.

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1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak#Name

Imo better to start with a generic name in the early days at least. Best case your generic name becomes a brand name, ie airbnb.

I am not a native speaker, but the very first thing I saw was "Hunt Lie". It conveyed the message "Product Hunt, but for scam".

"Huntly", maybe?

What you've linked is a site for human names, not product names.

English has funny cases where readers will implicitly pronounce personal names differently than they might products or brands.

why not spell it Huntly? like most annoying apps do